Chapter 8. Using The Raid Controller Command Line Interface - IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module Installation And User Manual

Chapter 8. Using the RAID Controller command line interface

This section provides an overview and highlights some of the commands used in
the RAID Controller command line interface.
The RAID Controller command line interface (CLI) is an independent program that
you can use to operate the RAID controller. You must log in to a Telnet/ssh session
using your user ID and password. The RAID Controller command line interface
program starts automatically, and a <CLI> prompt appears. When you exit from the
RAID Controller command line interface program, the Telnet/ssh session ends
simultaneously.
Example of a user ID login:
> telnet controllerip
(none)login: USERID
password:
Linux(none) 2.4.20_mv131-alc Rel H-2.4.20.12 Wed Jun 17 15:03:32 PDT 2009 ppc unknown
MontaVista(R) Linux(R) Professional Edition 3.1
<CLI>
List of commands
Use the commands defined by the RAID Controller command line interface to
configuration and maintain the RAID controller. The commands are categorized
into the following categories:
1. Display Commands
2. Volume Management
3. Volume Services
4. System Control and Configuration
Size reporting through the CLI
The RAID Controller command line interface (CLI) reports the precision of volume,
storage pool, and disk drive sizing to the nearest gigabyte. When adding fractions
of a gigabyte, the CLI rounds the result to the nearest gigabyte.
Display help for commands
If any <CLI> command is issued with the -help option, a contextual help page is
displayed. Type help at the <CLI> command prompt to display the list of available
commands.
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